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    Messier 93 or M93, also known as NGC 2447 or the Critter Cluster, is an open cluster in the modestly southern constellation Puppis, the imagined poop deck...
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    The Messier objects are a set of 110 astronomical objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier in his Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas...
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    children to take up the sport." Messier was born in St. Albert, Alberta, the son of Mary-Jean (Dea) and Doug Messier. He was the second son and third...
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  • M93 (redirect from M-93)
    M93 or M-93 may refer to: Messier 93, an open star cluster in the constellation Puppis Beretta M93R, a selective-fire machine pistol made by the Beretta...
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    Phecda (γ UMa, Gamma Ursa Majoris). Messier 109 was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. Two years later Charles Messier catalogued the object, as an appended...
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    at the Cape of Good Hope. Charles Messier added it to his catalogue of nebulous objects (now known as the Messier Catalogue) in March 1781. It is one...
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    Group to combine bright spirals and a bright elliptical galaxy (Messier 105). List of Messier objects "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database", Results for NGC...
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    naked eye under dark skies, and its brightest stars are 6th magnitude. Messier 93 (M93) is another open cluster somewhat to the south. NGC 2451 is a very...
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    discovered the nearby galaxies Messier 95 and Messier 96. This galaxy is one of a few not object-verified by Messier so omitted in the editions of his...
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    galaxies in the constellation Leo, the other Messier objects of which are M96 and M105. List of Messier objects "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results...
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